Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister (Australia)

The chief of staff to the prime minister of Australia is the principal adviser and head of the Prime Minister's Office.[The Gatekeepers: Lessons from prime ministers’ chiefs of staff] RAW Rhodes and Anne Tiernan. Melbourne University Press 2014 The position of chief of staff to the prime minister of Australia was formally created by Prime Minister Gough Whitlam in 1972 to run the political and private office of the prime minister.The Prime Ministers’ Chiefs The Wheeler Centre 2014 Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament HouseThe Pivot of Power: Australian Prime Ministers and Political Leadership, 1949–2016 Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House

Powers and responsibilities The chief of staff is directly responsible to the prime minister for the management of the Prime Minister's Office and for the coordination of strategic and policy priorities.

List of Chiefs of Staff NameTerm of officePrime MinisterPeter Wilenski 1972 1975WhitlamTony Eggleton1975 1981 FraserDavid Kemp1981 1981 FraserSandy Hollway1988 1990HawkeDennis Richardson1990 1991HawkeDon Russell1991 1993KeatingAllan Hawke 1993 1996KeatingNicole Feely1996 1997 HowardGrahame Morris 1997 1997 HowardArthur Sinodinos 1997 2007HowardDavid Epstein2007 2008RuddAlister Jordan2008 2010RuddAmanda Lampe2010 2011GillardBen Hubbard2011 2013GillardPeta Credlin2013 2015AbbottDrew Clarke2015 2017TurnbullGreg Moriarty2017 2017TurnbullPeter Woolcott2017 2018TurnbullJohn Kunkel2018 2022MorrisonTim Gartrell2022 IncumbentAlbanese

See also Prime Minister of Australia Prime Minister's Office Downing Street Chief of Staff White House Chief of Staff Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister (Canada)

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External links

Official website of the Prime Minister of Australia